Emma participated in FIRST Power Up, where she placed Power Cubes onto a high scale and a low switch, and climbed a rung with a deployable buddy bar allowing a partner to “Face the Boss.”

Awards

- 2018 Woodie Flowers Finalist Award: Aerospace Valley Regional

599A - “Crisis Averted”

- 2018 VEX Tournament Champion: Rumble in the Jungle

- 2018 VEX Tournament Champion: McBride High School VEX Tourney #2

- 2018 VEX Tournament Champion: California States Championship

2017 Rheumatologist - "Ruby"

Ruby participated in FIRST Steamworks, where she put large yellow gears onto pegs and climbed a rope in order to get ready for take off. During build season of this year the team was actually able to practice with Ruby and fix a design flaw with the climb mechanism. This year was the first time in Robodox history where the team qualified for both VEX World Championships and FRC World Championships.

Neo participated in FIRST Stronghold, where he went over medieval-inspired obstacles and shot "boulders" at goals in order to capture the other alliance's "castle". With a pivoting catapult system and tank treads, Neo ended up being one of the best-engineered robots that the Robodox has made to date.

He-Man participated in Recycle Rush, where robots needed to stack totes and bins. After some initial trouble, we were able to get our robot in working order and got to the semi-finals. And although it was underestimated in our building process, the long arms became our most successful part.

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Awards

- 2007 FIRST Robotics Judge’s Award: San Diego Regional

2006 Dermatologist - "Dermo"

Dermo participated in Aim High, where robots needed to place balls through hoops. It was described as “Ghetto-Sexy” because it was made from pvc, found parts, cardboard, whiteboard, and even some donated jeans. However, it performed really well and was another one of our demonstration robots until it was replaced by Annie.

Therapist participated in FIRST Frenzy, where robots had to manipulate several different balls into both high and low goals. This was the beginning of our 6-wheel drive. During the regionals, we were (literally) two inches from winning.

Awards

- 2004 FIRST Robotics Johnson & Johnson Sportsmanship Award

2003 Dentist

The Dentist participated in Stack Attack, where robots try to claim boxes and stack them for bonus points. Its motor-driven arms were preemptively changed to pneumatics, as there were no limit switches to prevent over-rotation. That year, the robot was a finalist in Sacramento.

The Surgeon participated in Zone Zeal, where robots had to move goals and balls into various zones to earn points. The robot was unable to turn until we wrapped zip-ties around the front wheels to stop slipping. The Surgeon was also named the “Marriage Destroyer” because 3 mentors forgot about Valentine’s Day while working on the robot.

Our first FRC robot, independently built as Team 599, participated in Diabolical Dynamics, where robots had to score into two 7-foot moving goals in the least amount of time. The first time the D.O.C.T.O.R. got on the field, it was put on backwards and slammed into the player station! Later, it broke completely in half.

Bender was built when Granada was still a part of a 5 team coalition and the “RoboDox” was known as Team 359. The robot wasn’t built in the famed K2, but rather in a special effects company in Chatsworth. The main student that worked on the project, David Haas, was legally blind.